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Business applications maker PeopleSoft Inc. said Monday it plans to ship later in the week integration tools for connecting software acquired through the J.D. Edwards merger with PeopleSoft's flashship enterprise products.

IBM plans to move up to several thousand skilled software jobs from the United States to India, China and other countries, which could amount to one of the biggest such actions yet in the technology industry.

Stating that "tough times will come to an end; they have before," John Gantz, IDC's chief research officer says his company projects "conservative" worldwide IT spending growth will be 4.9 percent in 2004, noting that some believe it could be as high as 8 percent. Wrapping up the Raymond James IT Supply Chain Conference on Dec. 11 with the research firm's forecast for the upcoming year, Gantz broke that number down further, with lower spending growth anticipated from more industrialized parts of the world.